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Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth ssp. asplenioides (Michx.) Hultén

Southern lady fern

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Photographer: Cressler, Alan
County: MitchellState: NCLocation Notes: Roan High Bluff, Pisgah National Forest.Accession date: 2014-07-18Filename: A_C_IMG0209.JPGSlide Index: 14424825668_afcccc361d_o.jpgRestrictions: UnrestrictedCollection: Wildflower Center Digital Library
Original Format: DigitalOrientation: PortraitShot: A frond. Photographer's note: "Southern lady fern is a highly variable species that exist from low coastal plain locations to the highest Appalachian Mountain peaks. This is the high mountain form that has been referred to as forma subtripinnatum. I choose to recognize this form because it is so strikingly different than the lowland forms."Date Taken: 2014-07-05NPIN Image Id: 39231